Process of mounting bells on toys or other articles



EASOQM Apr. 10, 11923.

A. OTTERBEIN PROCESS OF MOUNTING BELLS ON TOYS OR OTHER ARTICLES Filed Feb. 24, 1921 '2 sheets-sheet 1 Apr. 10, 1923.

A. OTTERBEIN PROCESS OF MOUNTING BELLS ON TOYS OR OTHER ARTICLES ets-sheet 2 Filed .Feb. 24, 1921 Patented Apr. 10, 1923.

ARTHUR OTTERBEIN, OF MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE KIRBY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF MIDDLETOWN,

TION OF CONNECTICUT.

CONNECTICUT, A CORPORA- PROCESS OF MOUNTING BELLS ON TOYS OR OTHER ARTICLES.

Application filed February 24, 1921. Serial No. 447,577.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR OTTERBEIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at 113 Highland Avenue, in the county of MiddleseX and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Processes of Mounting Bells on Toys or Other Articles, of which the following is a specification. My invention relates to a process of mounting bells on toys or other articles, and its novelty consists in the steps as set forth hereinafter.

It has long been the practice to mount bells on toys by means of tubular rivets which have to be used on a tubular rivet machine and assembled by eye-sight one hole at a tlme.

By my method bells are fastened to toys by means of pairs of prongs, thrown up out of the metal to which the bells are to be fastened, thereby eliminating the eX- pense of rivets, the necessity for using a tubular rivet machine and the assembling of the rivets by eye-sight one hole at a' time.

' Referring to the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of bells fastened to a metal Strip by my method; Figure 2 is an end view of Figure 1; Figure 3 is a top plan View of a metal strip having prongs thrown up out of the metal and being shown broken for convenience; Figure 4 is an end view of Figure 3; Figure 5 is a vertical section of Figure 3 on the line 55; Figure 6 is a vertical section on the line 6-6 of Figure 2 before the prongs have been pressed down, and Figure 7 is the same as Figure 6 after the prongs have been pressed down. F 1gure 8 is a detail view of the anvil and plunger in their relative positions, but with con nections broken away for convenience. Figure 9 is a side view of the plunger shown in Fig. 8.

In the drawings 8 is a strip of metal out of which pairs of prongs 9 are thrown up in the usual well-known manner, and said strip 8 has down turned ends 10 in which are holes 11. Said ends 10 and holes 11 are adapted to be used for fastening the strip 8 to a toy or other article, 12 are bells of usual construction having holes 13 adapted to receive prongs 9 and openings 14c at the top. In each of the bells 12 is also a roller 15 adapted to act in the usual way as a knocker.

A bed 16 of the machine used in carrying out my process has two anvils 17 over which the bells 12 are adapted to be placed so that the anvils 17 protrude through the holes 14. The anvils 17 have pointed members 18 at the upper ends thereof, and as the bells 12 rest on said anvils 17 the holes 13 are uppermost and directly over said pointed members 18 of the anvils 17.

A plunger 19 of said machine has strip support members 20 rigidly secured to said plunger 19 adapted to. receive said strip 8, and ball members 21 are mounted in the plunger 19 under constant downward pressure of springs 22 so that they hold the strip 8 in a fixed position when it is slipped into the strip support members 20. The plunger 19 has a finger cut-out portion 23 to enable the operator to pull out the strip 8 after the bells 12 have been attached thereto.

In operating my device while the plunger 19 is in the raised position the strip 8 is placed in the strip holding means 20 under the holding tension of balls 21, and the bells 12 are placed on the anvils 17 as described. The plunger 19 is then brought down in the usual well known manner, and the prongs 9 pass into the holes 13 of the bells 12, and under the downward pressure of the plunger 19 the prongs 9 are spread apart by means of the points 18 of the anvils 17 and flattened down into position as shown in Fig. 7, and as the plunger 19. is raised the strip 8 with bells 12 attached thereto is removed by the operator by means of the finger cut-out 23 as described.

In carrying out my process pairs of prongs 9 are thrown up out of the strip 8 as desired in the usual well-known manner. The bells 12 are then placed in double cup dies having anvils protruding through each cup. The strip 8 having prongs 9 is broughtdown on said bells by one stroke of the press, so that the prongs 9 enter holes 13 in said bells as shown in Figure 6, and are then turned down to the clamped position shown in Figure 7 by means of the anvils in said dies, the anvil passing through the holes 14 of the bells 12. By this method one or more bells may be mounted at a time as may be desired.

I claim: throwing up out of the metal strip a pair 1. The process of mounting bells on toys, of prongs for each bell adapted to fit a hole which consists in throwing up out of the in the base of the bells, and clamping said metal strip to which the bells are to be seprongs rigidly to said bells simultaneously. 5 cured a pair of prongs for each bell adapt- In testimony whereof I affix my signa- 15 ed to fit a hole in the base of the bells, and ture in presence of two Witnesses.

clamping said prongs rigidly to said bells ARTHUROTTERBEIN. on the inside. Witnesses:

2. The process of mounting a series of FRANK T. DAVIS,

10 bells on a metal strip, which consists in IDA JOHNSON, 

